Shepherdstown register. [volume] (Shepherdstown, Va. [W. Va.]) 1849-1955, 1887-06-03
BRIEFS.

blcklider' ,.mhs ara ve,v
pringy' =, u.r,,o.buro. WAS
avn last Monday
o.,,.criOe for the REGIsrER-the best
..,.paper in the county
r,',sr5oy was :he anniversary Of
dent Cleveland's marriage.
r,,..roised strawberries are being
,"n the streets at ten cents quart.
y" ~..,insburg is proud in the possession
,.nndry run by Chinaman, Lee
Gong by name
- ,.;,storm visited Middleway and
..ioi,v last Thursday. Fortunately no
d,mage was DONE
p...b No. 8 fat mackerel and new
n.,om.e herring in quarters and halves
:, Billmyer Bros.
A,s new bell has been placed on the
.hr,arian church of Charlestown.
rvelghs 1000 pounds.
1o,s of people visited the river last
sunday to see the workmen putting in
,be iron of the new bridge.
NH. C. Marten is putting tin roof
tho small dwelling-house owned by
NJ, III. little, on Main street.
dfteen.year-old colored boy named
r..odore Beaner was drowned in the
anal at Point of Rocks last week.
v.,ional Lecturer Mortimer White
,.,d was the guest Of Mr.. Charles II.
voo,t while in this county last week.
Roller flour by barrel or sack, fine
,rruns. comfortable slippers, lemons
and oranges, at w. P. Licklider's store.
There have been plenty of rains this
wsek-every day except Monday. There
VA. a heavy electrical storm Wednesday
night
wP. Licklider has pickles, prunes,
rice. all grades of sugar and coffee, and
,ea Al 30 cents a pound to use in place OF
coffee.
For Harvest-Potoma herring, mack
erel, bacon, bologna sausage. Overalls,
cloves. Good pair OF shoes for sl.lO, at
W.P. Licklider's.
Memorial day at Charlestown to-mor-
row, June 4th. Ceremonies begin at ii
an. There will be an address by Hon.
Wm. J. Stone, of Kentucky.
I Rev. E. T. Baird, D. D., a well-known
PRESBYTERIAN minister, and principal of
Montgomery Female College, died in
Christiansburg, Va, Saturday.
The REGISTER is the only paper In the
county that publishes Changers col
umn. Farmers, subscribe for it, and
get your neighbor to dothe same.
We understand that it is the purpose
Of the Y. NJ. c. A. of this place to con-
tinue course Of lectures, Of which the
on. on Tuesday evening was the FIRST.
During the month of May 154 boats,
carving 1854 tons of coal, cleared
from the port of Cumberland on the
canal. The revenue was about $4,000.
ThOs. c. Green, Jr.. of Cbarlestown,
ha: been appointed a Regent Of the West
Virginia University, vice Everett w.
Bedinger, who has removed from the
State.
The streets of This town need cleaning
very badly. They are in worse condi-
ton than they have been for long time.
They should be thoroughly cleaned by
decoration day.
PiekpOckets were busy at Sharps-
burg last Monday. Mr.. Daniel Glass,
farmer, was robbed of $50 in cash and
certificate for $3.50, aud other smaller
losses were reported.
tarecent public meeting Of Martins
burg citizens active arrangements were
begun for lively celebration of the
Fourth OF July. 1t is the purpose to
have big time on that day.
The Rev. W. C. Wire, who has been
In charge of the Lutheran Church at
Aechanicstown, Nd, about ten years,
has accepted call to st. Paups Luth-
eran Church, at Littlestown, Pennsyl-
yania.
Lew Walton, freight engineer on
the Shenandoah Valley Railroad. laid
down on the railroad track at Roanoke
last week while he was drunk and went
to sleep. A freight train. ran over him
aud killed him.
ln Baltimore the authorities are max
Ing a raid upon cigarette pictures exhib-
lied in cigar stores. They are classed
as obscene and all dealers have been or
dered to remove them from public view,
or suffer the consequences.
Ar. W. NJ. Greenwich, of the Super.
lnlendenrs office of the Shenandoah
valley Railroad, at Roanoke, has been
appointed storekeeper of that road, with
headquarters at Mines, Va. This APP
polntment dates from June 1st.
The Teachers Institute for Berkeley
county will be held at Martinsburg June
iSh, and will be in session five days. II
viii be conducted by Prof. w. III.
rayne, Of The University of Michigan.
and DR.. NJ. A. Newell, State Superin-
'eadent of Maryland.
Mrs. Eliza Armstead Selden died at
per home in Berlin, Worcester county,
NO. last week, aged SO years. Her re-
mains were inferred in the Episcopal
enurch-yard at Charlestown. The de-
ceased was grand daughter Of the cele-
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